In life, people have turning points and their life changes direction. Jackie Robinson in the excerpt “ I Never Had It Made” by Jackie Robinson, Feng Ru in the excerpt “ The Father of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maskell, and Melba Pattillo Beals in the excerpt “ Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals is an example of turning points. Jackie Robinson, Feng Ru, and Melba Pattillo Beals had experiences in their life that changed them and had an impact on their country and society.
Jackie Robinson decided to fight discrimination to be the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. He did this trying to changed racial comments across the U.S. When he first came to the team, he did not fit in right away. His teammates
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Feng Ru was very interested in aviation, so with hard work, courage, and determination he came to the U.S to learn about aviation, and was the first person to bring aviation to China and be the first aviator in China. When Feng Ru first immigrated to the U.S, he understood that industrialization made the U.S great, and he knew that industrialization would make his country China great too. So he took on this challenge to bring industrialization of aviation to China. But by doing this he had to get information on Aviation. Feng Ru went and worked at many places where he can get as much information as possible on aviation. “ So he went east to learn all he could about machines working in shipyards, power plants machine shops, anywhere he could acquire mechnical knowledge. ( Rebecca Maskell)” Feng Ru did anything he could to learn about any kind of information on aviation. He was so determined to. After getting his information on aviation he decided to start making airplanes of his own designs. Feng Ru was very creative but it also lead to danger on his life because when trying out his own designs he would sometimes crash causing him his life. He would get bruises, but would not be seriously injured. One time he crashed into his workshop requiring him to relocate his workshop somewhere else. “ During 1 test flight, Feng Ru lost control of his airplane ( not an usual occurrence), which plunged into his workshop, setting it …show more content…
She also faced challenges. Melba Pattillo Beals decided to fight discrimination,integration, and segregation by going to Central High School Little Rock, Arkansas( a white high school), changing racial comments across the U.S and proving to people that there is nothing wrong with blacks and whites going to the same school. Melba Pattillo Beals was going to a White High School putting pressure on her. She knew it was not going to be easy and knew it was a challenge. She knew people were not comfortable with her going to a White High School. White and Blacks. She knew blacks because when she was leaving to go to Central High School, many of them were worried that she would get hurt, maybe even die. They said prayers, but blacks were worried that people would harm Melba and the Little Rock 9. Blacks knew that they were going to change something in U.S going to a different school with whites. They knew it was a good thing. However, whites thought differently. White people thought it was bad for whites and blacks to go to the same school. They thought white’s and black’s were different from whites because of their skin color. She was facing discrimination from white people. “ Some of the white people looked totally horrified, while others raised their fists to us. Others shouted ugly words.” Whites should judge people on the way they look. Whites were trying to
Jackie Robinson was one of the most historically well known people in the civil rights movement. So as the first man to integrate major league baseball, Jackie Robinson had a game changing impact on the way the game was played. Having the courage to fight for what is right, Jackie broke the imaginary color barrier that has covered major league baseball for years. Through his resiliency and tenaciousness in the face of seemingly unconquerable odds, Jackie Robinson set the course for African Americans to continue the expansion for equality and true freedom while he was becoming one of the greatest Major League baseball players in history.
Jackie Robinson is known for breaking the color barrier in his first major league baseball game on April 15, 1947. Many people were shocked at an African American player in a baseball game so many gathered inside the stadium as the game went on. After his amazing baseball career came to an end Jackie gave political speeches on views of Martin
3. Melba Pattillo Beals life changed when she integrated an all-white high school. The events challenged Beals because she faced racism and because of this she built up confidence and character. In paragraph thirteen the text states, “Some of the white people looked totally horrified while others raised their fists
Jackie was a modern day hero, he went through all the 12 steps. Mainly, he was heavily doubted but he surpassed all the expectations. Jackie destroyed all the test put in front of him and broke the racial barrier. Jackie open up the international league to all races. Baseball wouldn't be baseball without Jackie
Jackie Robinson brought baseball fans of all races together and it improved race relations because even though their was still hatred, white people were getting eased into racial integration since Jackie Robinson was laying the foundations of civil rights. Robinson was loved by many and hated by plenty, every game he played he packed the stands whether it be fans who are cheering for him or booing him. According to the biography by Wilson “Many fans came out to cheer Robinson, and a lot came out to boo him but both groups bought tickets” (75). He performed so well on the baseball field that the fans would lose sight of his color, and the stands were predominantly white so he was doing so well with a very unsupportive fan base. In the biography
Jackie was a phenomenal athlete for young kids to look up to. After the start of World War II he served in the military from 1942 to 1944. After the war he returned to his love for baseball, playing in the Black major leagues. He was chosen by Branch Rickey, vice president of the Brooklyn dodgers, to help integrate the Major Leagues. Rickey hated segregation just as much as Robinson and wanted to change things “Rickey had once seen a Black college player turned away from a hotel… Rickey never forgot seeing this player crying because he was denied a place to lay his weary head just because of the color of his skin” (Mackenzie). He was finally able to do something about segregation and help change baseball and the United States for the better. It wasn’t that all the teams were racist and didn’t want a black player but when the major league teams had an away game they would rent out the stadium to the black teams for them to play at. And the executives of teams didn’t want to loose the money that they were making off of the black teams. “League owners would lose significant rental revenue” (“Breaking”). He soon signed with the all-white Montreal Royals a farm team for the Dodgers. Robinson had an outstanding start with the Royals, “leading the International League with a .349 batting average and .985 fielding percentage” (Robinson). After Robinson’s outstanding year he was promoted to the Dodgers he played his first game on
He was one of the greatest inventors of great airplanes. His dedication and discretion paid off. He had many successful test flights. It was believed that he was the first aviator to rise from the ground in China, and that was a great accomplishment. He was a well known inventor, and “the words,”Chinese Aviation Pioneer” were engraved upon Feng’s
A talented player, Robinson won the National League Rookie of the Year award his first season, and helped the Dodgers to the National League championship and also his first of his six trips to the World Series. Jackie Robison believed that white and black should be together and there should be no racial discrimination. He wanted to see black people playing in baseball field. Throughout his career, Jackie Robinson was a fearless competitor. I wanted to win and show that an African American can play which he proved it by his own action. People still remember him because of him many African American are able to play in fields
Feng Ru was very interested in industrialization. In paragraph 4, the text states, “He understood that industrialization made the country great, and felt that industrialization could do the same for China.” Industrialization inspired Feng to start learning about aviation. Feng Ru also faced many obstacles and challenges. Feng had to translate all of the information on aviation into Chinese but Feng never complained. In paragraph seven, the text states, “Feng turned his attention to aviation, laboriously translating into Chinese everything he could find.” He also had to relocate and work in a very small workshop. Even though Feng had to relocate because of San Francisco's earthquake, and having to relocate again after setting his workshop ablaze, Feng Ru never gave up. He was so determined to become the first aviator in China. In paragraph six, the text states, “And Feng himself, who rarely finished work before 3 a.m.” In the end, Feng ended up being the first aviator in China. Feng Ru was a hero in his country and even though he died in his last flight, he impacted China in a positive
Jackie Robinson was the first Black to play in the “Major Leagues” and he was the one to break the color barrier and was the perfect person to do so. First, Jackie Robinson was a very good baseball player. This was perfect because 1 they couldn’t use any random person to be on their team because if they are bad at baseball the person would get a lot more hate then if they were good. Secondly, that was their main goal, to find someone (a black person) who is good at baseball, so they could show that black people are good at baseball/sports and should be given a chance. “The scouts told Mr. Rickey that during his season with the Negro League team the Kansas City Monarchs, Jackie Robinson played shortstop. He hit .387, perfected his skill at stealing
Jackie Robinson is one of my favorite baseball players. Instead they thought that colored people were not supposed to play. So they wanted to threatened him For example, they called him racist names that he hated, they said they were going to kill him ,and even his own teammates wanted him kicked off the team.
Jackie Robinson was an inspirational hero who overcame many obstacles to pursue his dream of playing professional baseball. As a young man, he was confronted with racism and hatred. While others might have accepted it or looked the other way in fear, Jackie was determined to make a difference, not only for himself but for all black people. He decided that action must be taken if things were ever to change. He participated in sit- ins and other protests to demonstrate his desire for change and refusal to accept the status quo. One of the most powerful examples of Jackie standing up against racism was when he took a seat in the designated white area of the bus. This was a daring and dangerous move, but one Jackie was willing take because of
Jackie Robinson actions changed his life for him, others, and history. Jackie Robinson dealt with racism, changing, and challenges when he integrated to baseball and that changed his life and history. He faced racist insults from fans, other teams and their owners, and even his own teammates. "It hadn't been that easy to fight the resentment expressed by players on other teams, the team owner, or by bigoted fans screaming n---"(Jackie Robinson). It was very hard on him to struggle through all of that hate. People just at that time were very racist and mad that there was an African American in MLB. All of that hate must have put a different perspective of the world and change his life. Even though he had to face all the hate, he had a different changing life moment. That moment was him joining
There many challenges. For example, Feng Ru crush a lot during test flights. During one test flight, “Feng lost control of his airplane ( not an unusual occurrence) , which plunged into his workshop, setting it ablaze.”(Maksel) This shows it cost a lot of money to fix Fang Ru’s workshop since he crushed it. Also, Feng Ru was a self taught engineer. Maksel states, “ In this tiny spot, the self - taught engineer established the Guangdong Air Vehicle company in 1909.” This shows it very difficult for Feng Ru because engineers usually have four or more years of college training, but Feng Ru taught himself. This cause Feng Ru to grow by a lot of times that he failed and crushed the plane, so that he knows what he did wrong. Feng Ru responded this by taking the airplane if his own design back to China and performed in an airplane of his own design. Feng Ru impact his country by built the very first airplane of China. Feng Ru changed his country -
Jackie was in love with sports and was quite good at the ones he played. Jackie was a star basketball player the best football player on his team and even was an olympic broad jumper. Jackie even lettered in 2 sports, but baseball, he started playing for a farm team named the montreal royals. After about 2 months jackie was recognized for his talent, and branch rickey (the president of the brooklyn dodgers) didn’t agree with segregation and wanted to give robinson a chance, later after watching jackie he agreed to sign jackie robinson to the brooklyn dodgers in 1947. He was also named rookie of the year and national league MVP in the same year and a world series champ in 1955. He inspired people to be involved by proving that blacks can do